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Qwen3.8 27B, nemotron 3.5, muse, DeepSeek v4 pro: A huge week for Open-Weight AI

Various · The Kaitchup ·Aug 14, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech

Qwen3.8 27B, nemotron 3.5, muse, DeepSeek v4 pro: A huge week for Open-Weight AI

Will factory farming fix itself?

Various · Works in Progress ·Aug 14, 2026 · 12 min read · AI & Tech

Will factory farming fix itself?

23 low-regret recommendations for AI policy

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Aug 13, 2026 · 58 min read · AI & Tech

23 low-regret recommendations for AI policy

Crosspost: Scott aaronson (2013): Against john searle's analogy of an apparently…

Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Aug 13, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech

Crosspost: Scott aaronson (2013): Against john searle's analogy of an apparently…

The DeepSeek thesis

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Aug 13, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech

The DeepSeek thesis

Apple and AI : siri the early years

Babbage · The Chip Letter ·Aug 12, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech

Apple and AI : siri the early years

China's quantum flywheel

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Aug 12, 2026 · 33 min read · AI & Tech

China's quantum flywheel

OpenAI's Zero-Day leviathan breaches hugging face's Black-ICE security wall: How i think you should…

Brad DeLong · DeLong's Grasping Reality ·Aug 12, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech

OpenAI's Zero-Day leviathan breaches hugging face's Black-ICE security wall: How i think you should…

Base power company: Chapter 3

Packy McCormick · Not Boring ·Aug 12, 2026 · 73 min read · AI & Tech

Base power company: Chapter 3

On Substack-Pangram partnership: It's about sending a message

Alberto Romero · The Algorithmic Bridge ·Aug 12, 2026 · 17 min read · AI & Tech

On Substack-Pangram partnership: It's about sending a message

Model collapse

Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic ·Aug 12, 2026 · 20 min read · AI & Tech

AI evals for the situation room, explained

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Aug 11, 2026 · 26 min read · AI & Tech

AI evals for the situation room, explained

The poverty of anti-tech thought

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Aug 11, 2026 · 28 min read · AI & Tech

The poverty of anti-tech thought

Import AI 468: 23 rsi ideas; PostTrainBench+; and how trust and transparency interplay with AI…

Jack Clark · Import AI ·Aug 10, 2026 · 15 min read · AI & Tech

Import AI 468: 23 rsi ideas; PostTrainBench+; and how trust and transparency interplay with AI…

The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction

Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic ·Aug 10, 2026 · 12 min read · AI & Tech

The bureaucratic AI arms-race is mutually assured destruction

Ultra-High interactivity on Nvidia GPUs? - TileRT InferenceX

Dylan Patel · SemiAnalysis ·Aug 9, 2026 · 18 min read · AI & Tech

Ultra-High interactivity on Nvidia GPUs? - TileRT InferenceX

Monopoly Round-Up: A judge condemns Facebook for enabling mass sexual exploitation of kids

Matt Stoller · BIG by Matt Stoller ·Aug 9, 2026 · 13 min read · AI & Tech

Monopoly Round-Up: A judge condemns Facebook for enabling mass sexual exploitation of kids

Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Aug 9, 2026 · 14 min read · AI & Tech

Should we "pace" AI self-improvement?

Xue lan on AI governance

Zichen Wang · Pekingnology ·Aug 9, 2026 · 16 min read · AI & Tech

Xue lan on AI governance

Headlines: Acquiring drones, counter UxS faster

Various · Defense Tech and Acquisition ·Aug 8, 2026 · 93 min read · AI & Tech

Headlines: Acquiring drones, counter UxS faster

Big tech's big fumble

Various · Energy Bad Boys ·Aug 8, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech

Big tech's big fumble

SpaceX 10GW in 2027 – why it’s real, will drive $300B arr for SpaceX, and why Microsoft will be the…

Dylan Patel · SemiAnalysis ·Aug 7, 2026 · 12 min read · AI & Tech

SpaceX 10GW in 2027 – why it’s real, will drive $300B arr for SpaceX, and why Microsoft will be the…

FCC’s adam chan on the new robot rule

Jordan Schneider · ChinaTalk ·Aug 6, 2026 · 33 min read · AI & Tech

FCC’s adam chan on the new robot rule

The month AI conquered math: The full story

Alberto Romero · The Algorithmic Bridge ·Aug 5, 2026 · 50 min read · AI & Tech

The month AI conquered math: The full story

Post-American compute for a post-American internet

Cory Doctorow · Pluralistic ·Aug 4, 2026 · 12 min read · AI & Tech

Post-American compute for a post-American internet

The end of the age of heroes

Noah Smith · Noahpinion ·Aug 4, 2026 · 16 min read · AI & Tech

The end of the age of heroes

Does forecasting have room at the top?

Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten ·Aug 3, 2026 · 16 min read · AI & Tech

Does forecasting have room at the top?

Kimi k3, the manos, the mythos, the legendos

Dylan Patel · SemiAnalysis ·Aug 3, 2026 · 25 min read · AI & Tech

Kimi k3, the manos, the mythos, the legendos

How to produce a pangram 4 false positive

Freddie deBoer · ·Aug 3, 2026 · 17 min read · AI & Tech

How to produce a pangram 4 false positive

Import AI 467: Self-sustaining AI viruses; pacing AI progress; confusion about AI and creativity

Jack Clark · Import AI ·Aug 3, 2026 · 14 min read · AI & Tech

Import AI 467: Self-sustaining AI viruses; pacing AI progress; confusion about AI and creativity